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Sinhalese and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Sri Lanka  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
18  
15

How Many Consonants
23  
13
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic  
Sinhala alphabet  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
متشکرم  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
لطفا  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
متاسف  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
فارسی  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
persan  
singhalais  

German Name
Persisch  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
3  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Iranian  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
23  
19
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
sin  

ISO 639 3
pes  
sin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All Persian and Sinhalese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Persian and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Persian and Sinhalese Speaking population

Persian and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Persian and Sinhalese on Persian vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Sinhalese Language Codes

Persian and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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